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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shakedowndave:
ROM Install Errors

First of all, thanks for the great thread and all the information.

I have been trying to install a few different ROMs, and every time I get an abort error: "Cannot Open xxxx.zip (bad)"

I have rooted, CWM installed and am trying to flash from the Recovery mode. I did the wipes, cache clearing. I can install the gapps.zip and even custom kernels successfully, but no ROM.

Any ideas here, did I miss something basic?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
So when you go Install from Sd Card and select the rom you get error??? If its this than you maybe had bad dload. Or try putting your rom onto external sdcard. Flash cwm from Rom manager again!!!See if this helps you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shakedowndave:
Thanks for the advice. The zips already are on the external SD card. And I redownloaded already after reading in a previous post that the dload could be bad. I don't think it's a problem with the card itself because I could flash a kernel. I will reflash CWM Recovery and try again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shakedowndave:
Reflashed CWM and retried two more roms. Same error. I have done a lot of digging, but if you can point me to another resource, I'll keep looking. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lyndone58:
I hope you flashed the correct cwm recovery: t mobile gs II

Last resort is to start from scratch. Flash stock through ODIN, re root, flash cwm through rom manager.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shakedowndave:
I did use T-mobile selection. I read on some other threads that there could be corruption as I copied to the SD card. I am trying now to download direct to the phone, and then reflash. if not, i guess i will start from scratch.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
If u have Corruption than there are couple of ways to solve that problem. There is thread in general forum its titled with fcs. And other one in Dec forum and its starts with mod title. Just follow those steps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lyndone58:
Noob question:

Does the option "wipe data/factory reset" in CWM removes all data in internal SD?

TIA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
it removes system data!!!!! If u are referring to music and pics than it wont remove them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] SKyRocKeting727:
I wish I found this thread when I first switched to Android from the iOS. Great posts for noobs/beginners. Will definitely show this to any of my friends who's switching to Android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] srdsteve:
Thank you for your help, as a NOOB I fould the information quite helpful, and laid out in a way that is easy to read and understand. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fledgling:
I searched did find anything useful, figured this is the place to post my question. My info currently using. ATT, Skyrocket running 2.3.5.

I don't use windows. I'm currently running Ubuntu 11.10,

everything I've found to root is using a windows machine. just looking for a point in the right direction.

Not wanting to do anything crazy with my phone, just remove bloatware, and benefits of tethering without big brother knowing.

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Well try this Scroll down they will have one for ur linux!!!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pussycrusher:
great post thanks useful information
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cjl5108:
So True!

Bout to dispose of the cappy, and wante dto research first.. sounds like i dont have to any more lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
It feels great about community appreciateing my work. Thnx guys; I like when my thnx meter goes up;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gisboro:
Just like to thank you for taking the time to write up this post, I have used the first page several times over the last few weeks, not sure where I would be without it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
Big thanks to appdroid and all for putting this thread together. Moved to android from BB less than a month ago, and there is a lot to learn. You guys made it possible for me to root and flash my first ROM in about 30 minutes despite my weariness. Now I finally get to experience what the android buzz is about. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Welcome man, Really great to hear that i was able to help you!:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] a_rocklobster:
I'm just wondering If the .zip for the rom is supposed to be in the (almost) 12GB sd OR and SD card that I added to the phone.

I'm also unsure about this part:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Either one don't matter. YOu can put in internal sd or external sd.

You guys see how fast i answer to these question. He posted at 1:14 and my answer at 1:17!!!;)!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] a_rocklobster:
HA. I knew thanking you before you answered was a good idea
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
yes is always is and so is after too:p:p:p NOw i am getting close to 500s so got bust my bawls to get to 500!!!!! And help you guys out. SO through some question and check out my theme for Sky roms!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] a_rocklobster:
So, I'm trying to do the 'how to flash a rom' part step by step.

I don't think I'm going into recovery mode.

My camera flashed and the phone vibrates, then it boots like normal.

This is my first time flashing a rom and i dont want to mess it up

thanks again

Edit: I used ROM Manager to reboot in recovery mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Press power, vol+ and Vol- and after phone is off when you get first vibrate let go power button and keep pressing other two and once you see sammy screen let go other too buttons and you will be in CWM! NOw thnx button please so i can get close to 500!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] a_rocklobster:
i already did! i'll try flashing the rom now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
This is the first time I've ever flashed a ROM, so please don't assume I know what I'm doing. :p I flashed Red Sonja with no problems. While I'm sure it's probably better or safer to follow each step, I left a couple out. Anyone please feel free to point out if I've done anything that may lead to trouble with other ROMs.

I used Kies to move the zip files to my internal sd. Running from there worked fine.

I was also a little unsure about the other steps, so I winged it:

Nandroid was pretty confusing to me. Right or wrong, I backed up using ROM Manager.

You'll see the option to wipe when you boot into recovery. I didn't quite know what the "/" meant, so I wiped, but didn't perform a factory restore. Nor did I know what wiping the dalvik cache and system format meant.

Hope I didn't do anything stupid. Seemed to work fine for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Nandroid or Rom manager Backup is there so when you mess up or when you get bad flash you can always go back to your old rom.

You need to wipe everything that's stated in the Steps because its the standard way to avoid FCs and other trouble.

Why wipe dalvik Look down!

Why format System??

Well it will delete all your system from the old rom so this way the new one won't have problem settling! BUt some can fill you on this!:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
Thanks appdroid. So much to read through when new to this. Hard to read through all thread pages and sort the wheat from the chaff. I didn't see options to perform the steps I omitted, so I rolled the dice and skipped them. Good to know for future reference. I probably have no business messing around where I don't have a clue what I'm doing, but gotta start somewhere if I want to learn. I'll take this as a note of caution to hopefully avoid learning the hard way next time.

BTW, small world. My next project is in your neighborhood - renovating the Vernon Area Public Library beginning next week. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Damn man that is closest i have gotten to XDA member feels good know that you will be fixing libs in town!;);)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ogikovacevic:
Thnx for this guide, really helpful. Is there something like this for Loading an Overclocked module for the i717??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
well da_g has OC kernel but you guys still have to wait until you get CWM! YOu guys have TPC and Da_G working so i717 community will be set within days!;);) And than my Noob guide there will be updated!:p:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] redragonx6:
What is adb driver? Would installing samsung kies be sufficient?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jordansN00B:
Heeeellllppppp!!!!

Hey guys. I really need help. I flashed my skyrocket and then went into recovery mode to install a new ROM. I need to backup first though, so when I go into 'recovery and backup', it won't let me back up onto my external SD card and when i backup on the internal sd card, the backup stalls half way through and then I have to remove my battery in order for it to restart. Does anyone know what's wrong??

THANKS!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
is your internal sd card full? Because that's the only reason i can think off. I had this problem before because it was full!:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
try super one click i think ppl had used that successfully in past!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
No you have to have both!

Adb stands for Android Debug Bridge! Install SDK for android!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pte888:
rogers i727r

Thanks for pointing me to superoneclick it worked flawlessly for me!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Great That it worked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] indiandroider:
hello :)

Hello everyone,

Firstly i would like to thank the community as it seems super helpful and is really great for noobs like me.

Until yesterday i had never used an android device before so this site is really helping me learn about it. Now i've read the beginners guide and the "all in one" thread in the skyrocket android development so i am almost good to go.

I got an unlocked skyrocket as a gift yesterday and i am loving it so far, still playing with it and it works great with my local carrier. Now i would love to get to flashing,installing roms and customizing my phone but before i do so i need to know if most of the roms here are compatible with an unlocked skyrocket which I am using in India. Is there anything specific that i should be looking for in a rom so i know it is compatible. Besides there is no LTE service in India yet so i could probably do with roms not supporting that.

Thanks a lot in Advance. :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Welcome to Android bud! Kya Hal hai?

To answer your question i don't think it matters if ur Phone is locked or unlocked when you wanna flash roms. Plus all the roms here supports LTE:p:p

So just chose the rom you like and flash it!;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] indiandroider:
Sab theek :)

Thanks a ton buddy :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Good to see Desi. Who is in mother land. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Unclemidriff:
Stuck on "pushing busybox"

First of all, thank you so much for posting this guide. I would be completely lost without it; I owe you a pizza.

I had some trouble getting it as far as I have gotten (had to run cmd.exe as admin, had to uninstall bluestacks so that the DoomLord thingy wouldn't think more than one device was connected, etc.), but I'm stuck again.

it gets to the point where it says "pushing busybox," and it just hangs there. It's been sitting there for about 20 minutes now, and I'm kinda afraid to do anything. Can I safely disconnect my Skyrocket and try again? Help!

Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] sid_wisc:
Thanks a ton from bottom of my heart!!!

Hello and thanks to OP (sorry I did not see your handle before coming to say my thanks) and everyone here in XDA community

It is a great pleasure to be a part of the growing android community. Many thanks to the community, it is always helpful and is really great for everyone, myself included. I have been using an android for the time when Moto Droid came out and checked couple of them out before moving to iOS (I know everyone will be hating me right now) but what is more important that I am back to android....

The beginners guide and the "all in one" thread in here is very helpful for me despite i know a but about android usage...

Thanks a lot to everyone in the community especially the developers who work day and night to help us get better with our devices... Now if someone can bring the 4.0 soon I will be the happiest person!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Well shut off the script and disconnect it then use superoneclick to root your Rocket!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Unclemidriff:
Actually, after crossing myself 5 times, buying a rabbit's foot, and finding a four-leaf clover, I disconnected the phone, with fingers crossed. Luckily, there were no ill effects.

Then, on a hunch, I reinstalled the Samsung drivers from your first link, rebooted, and tried again. Everything worked!

Thanks again! (I'll be clicking the Thanks button as well :) )
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] laguilar4315:
so Ive unlocked, rooted, and backed up my apps using titanium pro on my skyrocket...I would like to run my skyrocket on T-mobile bandwith but not to sure on how to flash a radio...is it the same process as flashing the kernal and rom you have posted at the beginning of this thread and do i have to do a nandroid backup if just want to flash a radio...can some one help please
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Its same as Kernel just wipe cache 3x and dalvik cache 3x and flash the radio! It works for me!:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] laguilar4315:
Thanks for the quick reply.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] eaescob:
Thanks for the post, definitely a guide for starters but a quick ref guide for experienced users as well!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] thilly:
i just tried rooting my phone. it doesnt work for some reason. ive tried every USB port on my computer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
I m assuming u downloaded all drivers and other necessary files.

If it still don't work then try using different usb cable.

Rocketing on Juggernaut¡
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
As a newb, I've had no trouble flashing different ROMs. I don't have any ROM issues, but want to run through returning to stock so I'm not trying to learn it if my phone acts up. Couple questions about returning to stock:

1. Can I simply flash the stock .tar file from CWM to return to rooted stock the same way a ROM is flashed (without Odin)?

edit: ok, I was able to restore to stock using CWM and an SD restore point.

2. I tried running Odin, but can't get my PC to recognize my SR on USB. Drivers are installed. I get into download mode, check the PDA with the tar file, then connect the USB. I can't get my device to show on the COM port. Tried different ports, no dice. I've toggled USB connection mode on my SR. (I'm running Red Sonja, and don't see USB debugging that I seem to recall from stock - It shows up as "USB mass storage"). When I connect normally to USB (not in download mode) I can only get my PC to recognize my SR after enabling USB from the notification screen once I connect. Since I can't get to that screen entering download mode, what can I do? I'm on Windows 7.

I haven't actually gone beyond the warning screen - I always cancel since my PC can't read my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Try changing rom and then enable usb debugging. Or use different usb cable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] agafed:
Great post...

It answers me a lot of things!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
Turns out I wasn't going far enough. Odin didn't show a COM connection until I hit the up arrow to start the download. I was leery of hitting the button while no COM was shown, but gave it a whirl and the connection showed up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Badshah69:
Good compilation of relevant info!

I have recently switched over from WinMo to Android and was getting itchy about rooting my Skyrocket. I found this post to be very valuable in getting oriented with how to go about things in the Android world. I have loved XDA for all the great ROMs for WinMo and hoping the same with Android too!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] POCKATA:
Hello,

First of all I want to thank "appdroid" for his very informative and easy to learn noob tutorial.

Sadly I am a noob at the Android arena, just switched form 5 previous iPhones to Android to give it a shot.

Learning about rooting, flashing ROMs and kernels was very easy to learn thanks to this thread :)

Should i root now or wait for ICS to come out and a root method for it. (i live in europe and my skyrocket has not yet arrived from the US, arround March 24, by then hopefully we would get the ICS update)

I have seen an all in one tutorial in the general Android section. There were some information about some apps but it was not that intuitive.

Could you make some clarifications/benefits of flashing Radio?

It also would be a good start for us noobs to learn more about launchers, applications that would be of a good use for us (what they are called, what they can do, how to use them) and maybe some root directories for us to manually change appearance and such (like a tut on how to change icons and such)

Thanks again and I hope I get to love Android and use/exploit it like a pro someday, maybe make a custom rom (who knows :o )
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jnwhatle:
Alright for the Skyrocket!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Rolocaust:
Thank you for your time!

Is it really necessary to download the Samsung driver from the website. The first link is dead and the second link leads to "Kies" I was under the impression that software was bloatware. When I plug my phone into the computer the necessary drivers are automatically downloaded.

Thanks again,

Ro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CrowdedCranium:
This has certainly been an evolutionary if not revolutionary first quarter of the year for me. I have migrated from ATT8925 to Tilt, to TiltII, to Aria All in the last couple of months.

And now, Skyrocket. One came in the mail yesterday. It was crap out of the box in a reboot loop, I believe I previously saw sleep of death mentioned. It did that a couple of times. Mostly it would reboot after screen black timeout. I took it in to the att store to get it activated. No pity there. They did the activation call then sent me out the door with loose directions to the warantee center somewhere over that way. The pretty lady at the warantee center looked at it, took it in the back and came back out with it working. Oh joy, as I pulled a 4th gear burn on the freeway just out of the parking lot I looked over at the new skyrocket as it calmly showed the samsung logo as it was rebooting.

This morning the following day, I barged in and stared a hole through the store supervisers paper gaining eye contact and explained "Mongo no like dead phone". turned deftly and winked at the pretty girl clerk. Turned deftly back to the unit supervisor and exclaimed I did not want to be found dead on the roadside clutching an OOBE softbrick. A great number of line waiters looking much like they escaped from the Apple big brother advert video were now amused by the upstart that had just barged in.

Examining the unamused Skyrocket it merely froze and booted for the supervisor much like a puppy will pee all over itself when called. Within four minutes, thirty seconds he disapeared in the back, and reapeared with a new unit which has performed flawlessly for the last 6 hours.

And the point of my visit to XDA. Now that I have one that works, I had become accustomed to the "contacts" on the HTC Aria. All my "Starred" contacts on Google mail exported from the original 8925s contacts at a touch along with all the other morons I associate with on the search list from facebook.

Examining the contact ap on this gingerbreaded skyrocket I see it is pre-loaded with some next to useless AT&T numbers. And no real clue for "Import" of numerous previously existing people along with their cooresponding coorespondence data.

Is there an ap that emulates that contact ap found on the gingerbread Aria? I am not particularly heartbroken over it. even a simple way to get all the 100+ contacts with data fields into the skyrocket without typing each entry and sub field in would be most heartily appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] plwalsh88:
Not quite sure if I followed, but are you saying that none of your starred Google contacts are showing up in the "Favorites" tab of the contacts/dialer app? Or even in the "Groups" tab under "Starred in Android"? And you've synced your Google account and everything? Any Google contacts you star should show up in the "Favorites" tab of the contacts/dialer app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CrowdedCranium:
Okie dokie, I will follow through with that online settup thing after a bite to eat. The Aria I just plugged in the sim and it was ready to roll. Since this one is an LTE model it came with a new SIM.

Appreciate it much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jellysound:
First smartphone

Hello,

I figure this is the best place for this post, and didn't see anyone else asking for recommendations.

The skyrocket is my first ever smartphone, and I've had it for about a day. I already did plenty of research on it and android in general.

I don't want to root my phone (not that I'm clumsy or worried about a brick) but because I got the phone refurbished and don't want to void my shorter warranty. I'm just going to wait for AT&T to release ICS which will be within a couple months I'm sure.

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on apps or accesories that either work wonderfully with the skyrocket, or that would be good for someone who is new to smartphones in general.

I've looked into the Seidio extended battery, and would choose it. However in all my research I haven't seen anyone specifically say that it makes NFC not work (probably because it has been disabled so long) or whether or not it will still fit in another case (i like otterbox as a case company)

There was also the Hyperion 2x battery plus charger I was looking at, since it was cheaper and I don't mind keeping an extra battery in my pocket or bag.

Any input would be helpful thanks in advanced.